HBO’s Lovecraft Country A Story of Monsters and Men

Lovecraft Country is a masterpiece of human horror in a monstrous setting. Aside from the wildly imaginative and grotesque beasts born of HP Lovecraft’s mind, the expertise and genius of Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams together is a serious mind F*#k. With Teleplay by Misha Green – Yes Black Women! – writer of Underground and Spartacus it seems like there is no way this could fail. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJV9acMsDwM Courtesy of HBO via YouTube The Outsider and Others  The impetus of the show is based on the novel Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, all centered on the writing and stories of HP Lovecraft. Of course you think the HP would be featured in some way, maybe a book on a shelf or naturally the writers influences seen in the  monsters, but this is a whole-nother level. HP Lovecraft is a character into himself, with the leads heading to the town in which it is said that Lovecraft based his stories. The main characters are Blerds talking about being in the science technology club in high school. In one scene the main character Atticus Freeman, played by Jonathan Majors (Da 5 Bloods), picks up the book “The Outsider and Others” which was published in Arkham publishing house. This leads him to want to track down his father in Arkham, MA. After this these three characters George Freeman, Atticus’s uncle, played by Courtney B Vance (Johnnie Cohran, American Crime Story), – who is creating a travel guide book – emoji eyes – and highschool friend Letitia, p…